Improvement in liquid measurlng registers



M. SPRINGWATER. Liquid Measuring Registers.

Patented March 25, i873.

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MRTZ SPRNGYVATER, OF EVAXSYLLE, INDANA.

lMPROVEMENT lN LlQUlDMEASURlNG REGlSTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No'. 137J555 dated March 25, 1873.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORITZ Srnrwcwa- TER, ot' Evansville, in the county ot' Vandera burg and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved. Mash or Fermentation Indicator, ot' which the following is a specilication:

Figure l represents a vertical central section of my improved mash or fermentation indicator. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section ot" the upper part ot' the same on the line c c, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new attachment to the tubs or vessels used in distilling or brewing machines with the object of ascertaining and indicating the exact quantity of liquor therein contained during any given length of time, and of thereby preventing or at least detecting fraudulent removal or false returns to the Government revenue officers. The invention consists in the arrangement within such a tub or vessel of a concealed float or swimmer, which is connected with a locked recording apparatus so as to move the same in ascending, but not during a descent. Every addition of liquor within such tub or vessel will thus be recorded without interfering with the free withdrawal of the liquor.

In the accompanying drawing', the letter A represents a tub or vessel, of suitable size and shape, used in a distilling or brewing apparatus to receive the mash or other liquor to be distilled or brewed wholly or in part. B is a tube inserted within the vessel A in a vertical or nearly vertical position, and extending near to the bottom of the vessel. The lower end of the tube B is open, so that the liquid will at all times be at the same height in the tube as it is in the vessel itself. The upper end of the tube B connects with a box or case, C, within which a wheel, a, is arranged on an arbor, l). The wheel c is loose on the arbor, and is by a spring pressed against a ratchet-clutch, d, that is mounted upon the arbor, as indicated in Fig. 2. That portion c of the wheel c which comes in contact with the ratchet d is also toothed, like d,

so that when the wheel a is turned in one direction this tooth connection will cause the axle b to be turned also, while the latter will remain unmoved when the wheel is revolved in the opposite direction. By suitable gearing f the axle b is connected with a series of revolving hands, g, that move over indexdials 7L, and record thereon by their position the number ot' revolutions made by the axle or arbor b. The case C, containing the arbor, wheel, and index connection, is locked by suitable means to prevent tampering with its contents by unauthorized persons. D is a swimmer or iloat suspended within the tube B from a cord or chanac' ,which passes around the wheel u, and is at its other outer end connected with a weight,j, the weight, however, being lighter than the lioat, and serving onlyv to keep the outer part of the chain tight. A tube, I, is suspended from the case C for the reception ot' the weighted outer part of the chain. This tube may closed at the bottom to prevent the chain from being reached by means of instruments inserted into the tube.

Vhen liquid is put into the vessel A the lioat D will rise to the same height as the liquid, and will cause the chain to roll around the wheel a and turn the wheel, and with it the axle b, and set the index accordingly. But when liquor is withdrawn from the vessel A the float sinks and causes the wheel n to turn, but slip on the clutch and leave the axle and index unmoved. Thus, whenever liquor is added to the vessel its presence will inevitably be recorded, while its free withdrawal is not in the leas't hindered.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Let.- ters Patent- A iioat, D, chain i, weight-j, loose sprocket wheel (l, and spring-ratchet clutch c d, combined with the driving-shaft ot' an indicator mechanism that is turned only when the iioat D moves upwardly, as and for the purpose set forth.

MORITZ SPRINGXVATER.

Witnesses:

SIGMOND NEWMAN, ,TI ERMAN NEwMAN. 

